CC Madhya 16.245-246 (1975)
TEXTS 245-246
- ihāṅ prabhu ekatra kari’ saba bhakta-gaṇa
- advaita-nityānandādi yata bhakta-jana
- sabā āliṅgana kari’ kahena gosāñi
- sabe ājñā deha’—āmi nīlācale yāi
SYNONYMS
ihāṅ—here (at Śāntipura); prabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ekatra kari’—assembling in one place; saba bhakta-gaṇa—all the devotees; advaita-nityānanda-ādi—headed by Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu; yata bhakta-jana—all the devotees; sabā āliṅgana kari’—embracing every one of them; kahena gosāñi—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; sabe—all of you; ājñā deha’—just give Me permission; āmi—I; nīlācale—to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī; yāi—may go.
TRANSLATION
Meanwhile, at Śāntipura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu assembled all His devotees—headed by Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu—embraced them all and asked their permission to return to Jagannātha Purī.